#SPS_Peak

Day 1: Mammoth Mountain Inn - (YARTS bus) - Tuolumne Meadows Wilderness Center (picked up the permit) - Vogelsang High Sierra Camp - Vogelsang Pass - Vogelsang Peak - Lewis Creek

Day 2: Lewis Creek - Foerster Creek below Blue Lake Pass

Day 3: Blue Lake Pass - Blue Lake - Twin Island Lakes - 1 mile before Lake Catherine 

Day 4: Ritter Lakes - Lake Catherine - Thousand Island Lake - Garnet Pass - Whitebark Pass - Nydiver Lakes - Ediza Lake

Day 5: Shadow Lake - Agnew Meadows - (Devils Postpile Shuttle bus) - Mammoth Mountain Inn

Scenery: ★★★★★

Difficulty: ★★★★★

The Sierra High Route (SHR) is designed by Steve Roper in his book [Sierra High Route: Traversing Timberline Country](https://www.amazon.com/Sierra-High-Ro…). It parallels the John Muir Trail but about 60% of it is off-trail, opting for higher passes instead of diving down into the forested canyons. 

I did a section hiking of SHR from Yosemite to Mammoth Lake.

If you’re interested in doing the SHR, do NOT solely rely on the SHR alltrails map or other maps on the internet. I brought a few of them but none of them were perfect and made be puzzled. Do your research before you go and use your best judgement to navigate.